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- The Fort Dodge Messenger
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
GOWRIE - Miriam C. Johnson 90, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at the Gowrie Care Center. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at the Lanyon Covenant Church, Lanyon, with Pastor Marc Murchison officiating. Burial will be at Lost Grove Township Cemetery, near Harcourt. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at the Palmer Funeral Home, Gowrie. Memorials may be left to the Lanyon Covenant Church, or Trinity Regional Hospice.
Miriam is survived by her children, Sandra Johnson of Gowrie, Allen (Patti) Johnson of Lenexa, KS, Judith (Mickey) Smith of Maryville, MO, Thomas (Diane) Johnson of Fort Dodge, and LeRoy Johnson of Gowrie; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister Joyce Stumme of Iowa City; and sister-in-law Betty Farmer of Little Rock, AR. She was preceded in death by her husband Glen "Tuffy" Johnson in 1983; parents, George and Rena Leete Wilder; step-mother Trudy Wilder; brother Reid Wilder; brothers-in-law, Bob Stumme and Ray Farmer; and nephew Craig Stumme.
Miriam Cora Wilder was born May 31, 1920 near Allison, IA, and graduated from Allison High School in 1937. She attended State Teachers College in Cedar Falls for one year, and AIB Business College in Des Moines, and worked for the State Controllers' Office. Miriam was united in marriage to Glen H. Johnson on Dec. 7, 1946 at the Little Brown Church, Nashua. The couple established their home on a farm east of Gowrie. Miriam was employed as a secretary for the Prairie Community School Board for 27 years. Miriam was a member of the Lanyon Covenant Church and held many offices. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, cross stitch, puzzles, and word search.
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1920 - 2011 (90 years)
